8下期末测试题

人教版八年级下英语期末考试试题一、单项选择：( ) 1. Mo Yan is one of most popular writers in the world. He was honest boy when he was child.A. a; aB. a; anC. the; aD. the; an( ) 2.I’m a teenager and I _______ play with soft toys_________.A. no longer; /B. no; longerC. / ; no longerD. no; any longer( ) 3. ---How long your uncle this personal computer ?--- Since ten years ago. He wants to buy a new one.A. have; hadB. has; boughtC. have ; boughtD. has; had( ) 4. Hurry up! The piano concert for five minutes.A. had begunB. has been onC. has begunD. began( ) 5. --- Long time no see your father! Where has he ?--- He has Beijing for a month. He’ll be back next week.A. been; been inB. gone; beenC. been; been toD. gone; gone to( ) 6. My mother used to t he song “Where’s time going?” . Now she is used to it.A. hating; listenB. hated; listened toC. hate; listening toD. hating; listening ( ) 7. The cleaner in Zhengzhou said, “ things we do, environment we’ll have” .A. More; betterB. The more; the betterC. Fewer ; The lessD. The fewer; better ( ) 8. Yu Gong didn’t need to move the mountains, He could think of ways to solve his problem . A. other B. another C. others D. else( ) 9. Mr Green isn’t here, He with his family home in England .A. have beenB.has beenC.has gone backD.have gone( ) 10. Kate was ill last week . But she is to go to school today.A. good enoughB.enough wellC.well enoughD.enough good( ) 11. I have never read book that I can’t put it down .A. such an excellentB. a such excellentC. such excellent aD. so an excellent ( ) 12. My headteacher saw her up some rubbish while he by .A.pick;was passingB.picking; was passingC.was picking;was passingD.picking; passed ( ) 13. “How long will you this book?” said the librarian.A. borrowB. buyC. keepD. have( ) 14. --- Could you please help me the exercise books to the class?--- No problem.A. take outB. give outC.work outD. put out( ) 15. I'm new here. Could you please tell me ________?A. what is the building used forB. when does the first class beginC. where is the dining hallD. how many classes our school has二、完形填空（15分）Long long ago, there was a swan（天鹅）with golden feathers（金羽毛）.She lived in a lake.A woman lived in a small house near the lake 1 her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round, but still, they lived a 2 life and sometim es they even didn’t have enough money to buy food.The swan was sad to see that. She said to 3 , “I’ll give one of my feathers to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers.” That evening, she flew to the poor woman’s house and 4 a golden feather on the table without saying anything .From then on, the swam came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy5 their life was much better than before.But day after day, the woman became greedy（贪婪）.She said to her 6 .”The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all her feathers when she comes next time.”“Oh, no, Mom!” cried the daughters, “This will 7 the swan. She helps us a lot !”But the moth er wouldn’t listen. When the swan came as 8 , the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers 9 chicken feathers.Then ,the Golden Swan said, “Poor Mother, I came to help you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will never come back. Never be greedy!” With these 10 , the swan flew away.( )1. A. for B. with C.without D. on( )2. A. hard B. good C. happy D. easy( )3. A. her B. herself C. them D. myself( )4. A. gave B. brought C. returned D. left( )5. A. because B. while C. after D. unless( )6. A. sons B. husband C. daughters D. sister( )7. A. hurt B. save C. protect D. refuse( )8. A. general B. usual C. normal D. common( )9. A. heard of B. looked for C.changed into D. came from( )10. A. letters B. words C. thoughts D. Sentences三、阅读理解（40分）AIf you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others?Don’t listen to people who say the young people today often think only of themselves. It’s not true at all. More and more people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of thei r stories.Alice Hamilton, 17I’m going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It’s going to be terrific—I’ll spend the whole summer living in the tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I’m going to sleep under the stars. It’ll be a nice sport, and I’ll be able to do something good at the same time.Jason Moore,18This summer, I’m going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They’ll teach me what to do, so I’ll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.Trish Anderson, 16I’m going to teach kids who have trouble reading. I’ll work for a program called Reading For Life. Every d ay, I’m going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.( )1. Young people in the USA volunteer to spend ___ helping others.A. school holidaysB. WeekdaysC. every morningD. every afternoon( )2. What does Alice volunteer to do in summer?A. To breathe the clean mountain airB. To spend the whole summer living in the tentC. To sleep under the starsD. To help build new hiking paths in the mountain ( )3. From the passage, we know that Special House Program helps .A. children in poor familiesB. workers who build housesC. poor families can’t afford housesD. build hiking paths( )4.______ wants to be a teacher.A. Alice HamiltonB. Jason MooreC. Trish AndersonD. none of them ( )5. Which is the most possible title for this passage?A. Reading for lifeB. A Special House ProgramC. The Forest CentreD. Young American V olunteersBJames Michener, a famous American writer donated at least 90 per cent of what he made from his 43 novels. He seemed to donate more than this. At his death, in October 1997, he had gave away US＄117 million.Michener made a good example, not just in how much he gave, but in his style of giving. The writer worked hard at doing good (行善). He usually follows up his donations to see how the money was used and he had a lot of fun in doing so.Michener was 90 when he died. He was the only writer on the list of American’s top 25 philanthropists (慈善家). He gave his donations to the college he went to. Michener gave to his college-–US＄72million to Swarthmore. He said, “I am from a family without any money, the college made me from darkness into light.’’Michener was married three times, but he had no children. For his last 15 years, he lived quietly in Austin, Texas. He moved there to write the 1,000-page novel. The film called South Pacific was inspired （改编)）by his first book，Tales of the South Pacific, written when hewas 40.( )6. Michener died in __________.A. 1991B. 1994C. 1997D. 2000( )7. Michener cared about __________ after he donated.A. how much money he gave awayB. how the money was usedC. when the money was given backD. how much fun he had( )8. Michener came from a __________ family.A. richB. poorC. bigD. small( )9. What’s the name of the college which Michener went to?A. AustinB. TexasC. OxfordD. Swarthmore( )10. He wrote his first book __________.A. when he moved to Austin.B. in his last 15 years.C. when he was married for the third time.D. at the age of 40.四、词汇运用（10分）with language understand use if make kind help another in they unless There are a lot of 1 in the world. But the most widely spoken language is English. Many people u___2___ and use it all over the world. Indeed, English is a very important and3language. 4_____ we know English, we can hardly travel anywhere and we will have difficulty 5 ourselves understood. English is greatly used in study of all 6 of subjects. Several books are written 6 English every day to teach people many useful things. Therefore, the English language has 8 to spread(传播) knowledge to all parts of the world.English has also served to bring together the different peoples of the world by helping9 to talk with one 10 .1. ___________2. __________3. __________4. ____________5.__________6.___________7. __________8. ____________9. ____________ 10._________五、根据上下文从方框中选出合适的句子完成对话。